The invention relates to leguminous protein isolates, particularly pea protein isolates having a low lipid content, as well as to the method for the preparation thereof.

The present invention relates to a vegan food composition comprising at least 5 wt % cereal and at least 10 wt % legume on a dry basis, wherein said composition comprises at least 2 wt % dietary fiber provided by cereal and legume and at least 5 wt % protein provided by any one or more of said cereal and legume, and wherein the D4,3 particle size of said composition is less than 100 microns.

The present invention describes a bio-based process to produce high quality protein concentrate (HQPC) by converting plant derived celluloses into bioavailable protein via aerobic incubation, including the use of such HQPC so produced as a nutrient, including use as a fish meal replacement in aquaculture diets.

Food-grade pulse protein concentrates prepared from various pulses and flours derived therefrom are provided. Also provided are method of making the concentrates and beverages and foodstuffs that include the concentrates. The pulse protein concentrates are characterized by a high protein content, high digestibility, and complete essential amino acid profile.

The present invention addresses the problem of providing a means for efficiently producing a plant protein concentrate to be utilized in foods, beverages, etc. The present invention also addresses the problem of raising the utility value of plant proteins and contributing to the improvement of quality in existing uses and the discovery of new uses by making it possible to produce a plant protein concentrate having improved physical properties (especially solubility). The yield of plant protein is improved by treating a plant protein raw material such as peas, soybeans, almonds, etc., with a protein deamidase.

The present invention describes a bio-based process to produce high quality protein concentrate (HQPC) by converting plant derived celluloses into bioavailable protein via aerobic incubation, including the use of such HQPC so produced as a nutrient, including use as a fish meal replacement in aquaculture diets.

A dry fractionation method and system provides for generating a protein concentrate product therefrom. The method and system includes milling a plant-based flour to generate milled flour and generating a first protein concentrate from the milled flour using an air classifier. The method and system includes processing the first protein concentrate to generate a protein rich curd and generating a neutral hydrolyzed protein slurry by mixing the protein curd with a base, water and enzymatic cocktail. The method and system includes generating a homogenized protein slurry from the protein slurry and generating a cooled protein slurry by pasteurizing the homogenized protein slurry. Therein, the method and system provides for extracting the protein concentrate product from the cooled protein slurry.

The invention relates to a water-soluble fermented pea extract. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation thereof and to the use thereof in the human and animal nutrition industry as well as in the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and cosmetics industries.

Provided herein are methods for producing a mung bean protein isolate having high functionality for a broad range of food applications. In some embodiments, the methods for producing the isolate comprise one or more steps selected from: (a) extracting one or more mung bean proteins from a mung bean protein source in an aqueous solution, for example, at a pH between about 6.5-10.0; (b) purifying protein from the extract using at least one of two methods: (i) precipitating protein from the extract at a pH near the isoelectric point of a globulin-rich fraction, for example a pH between about 5.0-6.0; and/or (ii) fractionating and concentrating protein from the extract using filtration such as microfiltration, ultrafiltration or ion-exchange chromatography; and (c) recovering purified protein isolate.

A method for preparing a soy leghemoglobin includes: constructing a first plasmid containing genes for heme biosynthesis pathway enzymes; constructing a second plasmid containing gene for Glycine max leghemoglobin LGB2; constructing a first Escherichia coli production host containing the first plasmid and the second plasmid; and producing the soy leghemoglobin by culturing the first Escherichia coli production host. A composition useful as a meat flavor and/or an iron supplement includes the soy leghemoglobin prepared in accordance with the method.